How to disable mail app in windows 10

To disable the Mail app in Windows 10, you can follow these steps:

Method 1: Disable Mail app using Settings

  1. Go to Settings (you can search for it in the Start menu).
  2. Click on "Apps" (or "Applications" in some versions of Windows 10).
  3. Click on "Default apps" (or "Default apps settings" in some versions).
  4. Scroll down to the "Email" section.
  5. Click on the "Mail" app.
  6. Click the "Disable" button.

Method 2: Disable Mail app using PowerShell

  1. Open PowerShell as an administrator. You can do this by right-clicking on the Start button and selecting "Windows PowerShell (Admin)".
  2. Type the following command and press Enter:
    Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsMail | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -Disable -PackagePath ($_.InstallLocation + "\AppXManifest.xml")}

    This command will disable the Mail app.

Method 3: Disable Mail app using the Registry Editor

  1. Open the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). You can search for it in the Start menu.
  2. Navigate to the following key:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PushNotifications
  3. Right-click on the "PushNotifications" key and select "New" > "DWORD (32-bit) Value".
  4. Name the new value "DisableMail".
  5. Double-click on the "DisableMail" value and set its value to "1".
  6. Close the Registry Editor.

After disabling the Mail app using any of these methods, you will no longer see it in the Start menu or on the taskbar. However, you can still access the Mail app by searching for it in the Start menu or by using the Windows Search bar.